Article holder

ABSTRACT

An article holder made up of a base having upright side members fixed to said base and a top member supported above said base on the upper end of said side members. Two horizontal rods are supported on vertical legs between the uprights and hollow cylindrical permanent magnets are slidably supported on the horizontal rods. The base has laterally spaced forwardly extending rods supported on it and the forwardly extending rods each have a hollow permanent magnet supported on its front end. The forwardly extending rods can support the bottom of a book, magazine, paper or the like and paper clips, pens and the like can be supported by the permanent magnets.

United States Patent Gidos 1 Sept. 23, 1975 ARTICLE HOLDER [76] Inventor: John P. Gidos, PO. Box 205,

Ludlow, Pa. 16333 22 Filed: July 8,1974

21 Appl. No.: 486,337

[52] US. Cl 248/441; 21 l/DIG. 1 [51] Int. CI. A47B 97/04 [58] Field of Search 248/206 A, 441, 454, 460,

248/467; 211/13, 69.1, DIG. l.

FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS United Kingdom 21l/DIG. 1

Primary ExaminerWi1liam H. Schultz [5 7] ABSTRACT An article holder made up of a base having upright side members fixed to said base and a top member supported above said base on the upper end of said side members. Two horizontal rods are supported on vertical legs between the uprights and hollow cylindrical permanent magnets are slidably supported on the horizontal rods, The base has laterally spaced forwardly extending rods supported on it and the forwardly extending rods each have a hollow permanent magnet supported on its front end. The forwardly extending rods .can support the bottom of a book, magazine, paper or the like and paper clips, pens and the like can be supported by the permanent magnets.

9 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures US Patent Sept. 23,1975 Sheet 1 of 2 3,907,243

US Patent Sept. 23,1975 Sheet 2 of2 3,907,243

ARTICLE HOLDER OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the invention to provide an improved article holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide an article holder that is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, and simple and efficient to use.

Another object of the invention is to provide an article holder having permanent magnets on it for supporting pens, paper clips, or other objects that are attracted to said magnets.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consists of the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the form, size, proportions, and minor details of construction without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an article holder according to the invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial front view of the article holder shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on line 33 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a front view of another embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view' taken on line 55 of FIG. 4 of a part of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Now with more particular reference to the drawings, the support has a base with laterally spaced holes that receive the lower ends of the uprights 11 and 12. Uprights 11 and 12 have the top member 13 supported on their upper ends and vertically spaced rods 14 and 15 extend between the uprights. The rods 14 and 15 extend through holes in the uprights and they are held thereto by collars 23, 24, 25 and 26. The hollow cylindrical permanent magnets 16, l7, 18, 19 and 20 are slidably supported on the rods 14 and 15 and permanent magnets 27 and 28 are supported on the front ends of the rods 21 and 22 respectively. The rods 21 and 22 are supported in holes in the front edge of the base and spaced holes 29, 30, 31 and 32 receive pencils or other things to be supported.

The spacers 33 and 34 are in the form of hollow tubes that are slidably received on the rods 14 and 15. These tubes or sleeves help prevent the magnets l6, 17, 18 from moving too close to each other.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the round wheel 35 is supported on the dowel and the spaced wheels 37, 38, 39 and 40 are supported on pins 41, 42, 43 and 44 on the wheel 35. Pins 41, 42, 43 and 44 have stops 45, 46, 47 and 48 respectively on their ends. Wheels 37, 38, 39 and 40 could be permanent magnets.

It will be seen that the paper clips 49 will be attracted to the permanent magnets shown and pens 50 can be attracted to the permanent magnets or they can be disposed in the holes 31, 32, 29 and 30, as indicated for pencils 5], 52 and 53.

The foregoing specification sets forth the invention in its preferred practical forms but the structure shown is capable of modification within a range of equivalents without departing from the invention which is to be un- 5 derstood is broadly novel as is commensurate with the appended claims.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. An article holder for pens, paper clips, pencils and the like comprising a base,

spaced uprights extending upwardly from said base,

vertically spaced rods supported in said uprights extending therebetween,

hollow cylindrical permanent magnets slidably supported on said rods,

and means on said base for supporting the lower end of a book, paper and the like.

2. The article holder recited in claim 1 wherein said rods extend through holes in said uprights.

3. The article holder recited in claim 1 wherein two said permanent magnets are slidably supported on each said rod.

4. The article holder recited in claim 1 wherein three said permanent magnets are supported on another of said rods,

and tubular spacer members are disposed between said permanent magnets.

5. The article holder recited in claim 1 wherein said rods are supported on said uprights by holes extending through said uprights and receiving ends of said rods,

and collars are fixed to said rods preventing them from sliding laterally.

6. The article holder recited in claim 1 wherein said base is a flat platelike member and rods extend forwardly therefrom,

and permanent magnets are supported on said forwardly extending rods for supporting the lower ends of books or the like.

7. The article holder recited in claim 1 wherein forwardly extending members fixed to said base have, at least, one said forwardly extending member has a forwardly extending rod and a wheel on said rod, and spaced permanent magnets on said wheel.

8. An article holder for paper or the like comprising a flat platelike base,

spaced uprights supported in openings in said base and extending upwardly therefrom,

a flat platelike member on the top of said uprights and extending therebetween,

vertically spaced holes in said uprights for receiving vertically spaced rods,

hollow cylindrical permanent magnets supported on said rods,

and collars on said rods limiting the axial sliding thereof,

and tubular spacer members on said rods limiting the sliding movement of said permanent magnets,

and forwardly extending rods supported on said base.

and permanent magnets on the front end of said forwardly extending rods whereby a book can be supported thereon.

9. The article holder recited in claim 8 wherein 65 spaced holes are provided in said base outwardly disposed from said upright members for supporting pencils or the like. 

1. An article holder for pens, paper clips, pencils and the like comprising a base, spaced uprights extending upwardly from said base, vertically spaced rods supported in said uprights extending therebetween, hollow cylindrical permanent magnets slidably supported on said rods, and means on said base for supporting the lower end of a book, paper and the like.
 2. The article holder recited in claim 1 wherein said rods extend through holes in said uprights.
 3. The article holder recited in claim 1 wherein two said permanent magnets are slidably supported on each said rod.
 4. The article holder recited in claim 1 wherein three said permanent magnets are supported on another of said rods, and tubular spacer members are disposed between said permanent magnets.
 5. The article holder recited in claim 1 wherein said rods are supported on said uprights by holes extending through said uprights and receiving ends of said rods, and collars are fixed to said rods preventing them from sliding laterally.
 6. The article holder recited in claim 1 wherein said base is a flat platelike member and rods extend forwardly therefrom, and permanent magnets are supported on said forwardly extending rods for supporting the lower ends of books or the like.
 7. The article holder recited in claim 1 wherein forwardly extending members fixed to said base have, at least, one said forwardly extending member has a forwardly extending rod and a wheel on said rod, and spaced permanent magnets on said wheel.
 8. An article holder for paper or the like comprising a flat platelike base, spaced uprights supported in openings in said base and extending upwardly therefrom, a flat platelike member on the top of said uprights and extending therebetween, vertically spaced holes in said uprights for receiving vertically spaced rods, hollow cylindrical permanent magnets supported on said rods, and collars on said rods limiting the axial sliding thereof, and tubular spacer members on said rods limiting the sliding movement of said permanent magnets, and forwardly extending rods supported on said base, and permanent magnets on the front end of said forwardly extending rods whereby a book can be supported thereon.
 9. The article holder recited in claim 8 wherein spaced holes are provided in said base outwardly disposed from said upright members for supporting pencils or the like. 